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Encyclopedia > Moaning Myrtle
Harry Potter character

Shirley Henderson as Moaning Myrtle
in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.
Moaning Myrtle
Gender Female
Hair colour Dark
House Ravenclaw[1]
Parentage Muggle-born
Actor Shirley Henderson
First appearance Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Moaning Myrtle is a fictional character in the Harry Potter book series written by J. K. Rowling. The character is introduced in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets as a ghost who haunts the second floor girls' lavatory at Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry. True to her nickname, Myrtle has a tendency to sob, whine, wail and complain, especially when death is referred to. Hermione Granger aptly points out, "She's a little sensitive." This article is about the Harry Potter series of novels. ... Image File history File links This is a screenshot of a copyrighted movie or television program. ... Shirley Henderson (born November 24, 1965) is a British actress. ... Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is the second fantasy adventure film in the popular Harry Potter films series, based on the novel by J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. ... In the Harry Potter series, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is divided into four houses, each bearing the last name of its founder: Godric Gryffindor, Salazar Slytherin, Rowena Ravenclaw and Helga Hufflepuff. ... Blood purity is a central concept in the Harry Potter series of books by J. K. Rowling. ... Blood purity is a central concept in the Harry Potter series of books by J. K. Rowling. ... Shirley Henderson (born November 24, 1965) is a British actress. ... Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film) or Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game) Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, is the second novel in the Harry Potter series written by J.K. Rowling. ... Alice, a fictional character based on a real character from the work of Lewis Carroll. ... This article is about the Harry Potter series of novels. ... Joanne Jo Rowling OBE (born 31 July 1965[1]) is an English fiction writer who writes under the pen name J. K. Rowling. ... Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film) or Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game) Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, is the second novel in the Harry Potter series written by J.K. Rowling. ... In the fictional universe of JK Rowlings Harry Potter novels, ghosts play an important secondary role, mainly as supporting characters. ... In J. K. Rowlings best-selling Harry Potter series of novels, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is a school of magic for witches and wizards between the ages of eleven and eighteen. ... // A nickname is a name of a person or thing other than its proper name. ...


Shirley Henderson played Moaning Myrtle in the movie adaptions of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Shirley Henderson (born November 24, 1965) is a British actress. ... Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is the second fantasy adventure film in the popular Harry Potter films series, based on the novel by J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. ... Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is a 2005 fantasy adventure film and the fourth in the popular Harry Potter films series. ...


Role in the series

In Chamber of Secrets, it is established that the character is the ghost of a Muggle-born witch who died while a student at Hogwarts (from the house of Ravenclaw), fifty years prior to the events in the book. The books indicate that Myrtle was often bullied during her years at Hogwarts, leading her to become extremely depressed and often retreat to the second floor girls' lavatory to weep. It is revealed through the events in the book that Myrtle was hiding there to elude Olive Hornby, a classmate of hers who perpetually tormented her with teasing, when the Chamber was opened and Tom Riddle's Basilisk emerged and killed her. This article describes magic in the fictional Harry Potter universe. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... This is a list of characters in the Harry Potter books. ... Tom Riddles Basilisk was was the monster that inhabited the Chamber of Secrets. ...


Tom Riddle used her death to create his very first Horcrux; his diary. Tom Marvolo Riddle is a fictional character in the Harry Potter series of novels by J. K. Rowling. ... Tom Riddles diary, the first horcrux that Harry Potter encountered, as seen in the film Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. ...


After death, Myrtle haunted Olive everywhere she went, harassing her in revenge for the teasing Myrtle had endured from her in life ("why, I remember once at her brother's wedding..."). Olive complained to the Ministry of Magic, who ordered Myrtle to return to Hogwarts. Ever since then, Myrtle has haunted the same lavatory where she died. In the fictional universe of the Harry Potter series as written by J. K. Rowling, the Ministry of Magic is the governing body of the magical community of Britain and succeeded the earlier Wizards Council. ...


Unlike the other Hogwarts ghosts, Myrtle is not very sociable. She is perpetually depressed, morbid (she says that she spends a great deal of her time "thinking about death"), and takes offence at any imagined insult. Her constant moping and wailing causes plumbing problems in the lavatory which she haunts. Myrtle has a peculiar affinity for dwelling in the U-bend of certain pipes. Sometimes she is accidentally flushed out into the lake along with the contents of the toilet she was in. A plumber wrench for working on pipes and fittings Plumbing, from the Latin for lead (plumbum), is the skilled trade of working with pipes, tubing and plumbing fixtures for potable water systems and the drainage of waste. ...


Moaning Myrtle's role in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is to help Harry Potter, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger find out about the monster inside the Chamber of Secrets. Myrtle also helps Harry with his second task in the Triwizard Tournament, in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. It is Myrtle who tells Harry how to solve the puzzle of the golden egg that he retrieved in the first task, by opening the egg underwater. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film) or Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game) Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, is the second novel in the Harry Potter series written by J.K. Rowling. ... Harry James Potter is a fictional character and the main character of J. K. Rowlings Harry Potter fantasy series of books. ... Ronald Bilius Ron Weasley is a fictional character in the Harry Potter book series written by J. K. Rowling. ... Hermione Jane Granger is a fictional character in the Harry Potter book series written by J. K. Rowling. ... Tom Riddles Basilisk was was the monster that inhabited the Chamber of Secrets. ... The Champions of the 1994-1995 Triwizard Tournament: shown characters are portrayed by the actors that play them in the movies The Triwizard Tournament is a fictional tournament featured in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. ...


Myrtle apparently has a slight crush on Harry; in Chamber of Secrets she admits to being mildly disappointed that he survived the encounter with the Basilisk, as she would have liked him (as a ghost) to live with her in her toilet. She also once spied on Harry while he was taking a bath in the prefects' bathroom (which she admitted to doing to others as well, implying a somewhat unexpected aspect of her character).


In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, she appears as a comforter to Draco Malfoy who is worried about the task given to him by Lord Voldemort. After Harry injures Malfoy using Sectumsempra, she did not hesitant to spread the news by screaming that Harry had murdered him. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, released on July 16, 2005, is the sixth of seven novels in J.K. Rowlings popular Harry Potter series. ... Draco Malfoy is a fictional character in the Harry Potter book series written by J. K. Rowling. ... Lord Voldemort (né Tom Marvolo Riddle) is a fictional character and the archvillain in the Harry Potter book series written by J. K. Rowling. ... In the magical world of the Harry Potter series of fictional novels, many spells are used by the characters. ...


References

  1. ^ What houses were Tonks and Myrtle in? JKRowling official site. Retrieved on May 18, 2007

External links

  • Myrtle's Entry in the Harry Potter Lexicon

  Results from FactBites:
 
HPL: Moaning Myrtle (415 words)
Moaning Myrtle is a ghost who haunts a toilet in a girls' bathroom on the second floor (see) of Hogwarts castle.
Myrtle was a Ravenclaw (JKR) student at Hogwarts in 1943 [Y-37] when she was killed by the Basilisk from the Chamber of Secrets.
Myrtle is a squat ghost with lank hair, pimples, and thick glasses.
Moaning Myrtle | Encyclopedia of Speculative Fiction | Wizards.pro (255 words)
Moaning Myrtle is a fictional character in the Harry Potter series of books by J.
Myrtle is a girl ghost who died 50 years prior to the events in the books, when the Chamber of Secrets was opened for the first time.
Moaning Myrtle's most important role is in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, where she helps Harry Potter, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger to find out about the monster inside the Chamber of Secrets.
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